>to maintain its gas blackmailing power over Europeans You throw around the word "blackmail" as if this is established fact. Please tell when Russia has ever b

>to maintain its gas blackmailing power over Europeans You throw around the word "blackmail" as if this is established fact. Please tell when Russia has ever blackmailed Europe using gas? The only times when gas supply to Europe has been disrupted, were due to disputes with Ukraine (who has been found to divert EU gas to themselves). And in this case, only the gas intended for use by Ukraine was reduced. Supplying gas directly from Russia to Germany is intended to create more reliable supply, by removing transit through dishonest and thieving country. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Ukraine_gas_disputes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Ukraine_gas_dis...